Hampton History Museum

Hampton History Museum is a museum in Hampton, Virginia which is located on Old Hampton Lane. Hampton History Museum is situated nearby to the government office Healthy Families Partnership, as well as near Saint Johns Episcopal Church.

Opening hours:
Monday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: history museum in Hampton, Virginia
Address: 120 Old Hampton Lane, Hampton, 23669

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Johns Episcopal Church and Virginia Air and Space Science Center.

Saint Johns Episcopal Church

Church

Photo: Nondscript, Public domain.

St. John's is an Episcopal church located in Hampton, Virginia, United States, within the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia. Established in 1610, St. John's is the oldest English-speaking parish in continuous existence in the United States of America.

Virginia Air and Space Science Center

Museum

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Virginia Air and Space Science Center is situated 840 feet southeast of Hampton History Museum.

Buckroe Beach Carousel

Carousel

Photo: Jinkster1313, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Buckroe Beach Carousel, also known as Philadelphia Toboggan Company Number Fifty and the Hampton Carousel, is a historic carousel operated by the Hampton History Museum in Hampton, Virginia. Buckroe Beach Carousel is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Hampton History Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kecoughtan and Phoebus.

Kecoughtan

Neighborhood

In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927.

Phoebus

Suburb

Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.

Wythe

Suburb

Wythe is a neighborhood in Hampton, Virginia, along the water's edge of Hampton Roads, at the end of Virginia's Lower Peninsula. It is named after one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, George Wythe. Wythe is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hampton History Museum.

Hampton History Museum

Categories: local museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.02533° or 37° 1′ 31″ north

Longitude

-76.34669° or 76° 20′ 48″ west

Open location code

87952MG3+48

OpenStreetMap ID

way 388473395

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q91982647

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